For those who do not mind pocketing 14,000 kronor, Asus will soon release ROG Mars II. The new graphics card is similar to the Geforce GTX 590, but unlike Nvidia, the Taiwanese manufacturer manages with the piece to squeeze the clock frequencies to the same level as the GTX 580.
Asus ROG Mars II | Geforce GTX 590 | |
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Technical | 40 nm | 40 nm |
GPU | 2x GF110 | 2x GF110 |
CUDA cores | 1 024 st. | 1 024 st. |
Memory bus | 2x 384-bit | 2x 384-bit |
Memory | 2x 1 536 MB | 2x 1 536 MB |
GPU frequency | 772 MHz | 607 MHz |
Shaderfrekvens | 1 544 MHz | 1 215 MHz |
Memory frequency | 4 008 MHz | 3 414 MHz |
Interface | PCI-E 2.0 x16 | PCI-E 2.0 x16 |
Price (approx.) | SEK 14,000 | SEK 5,800 |
Asus is now publishing a series of images of what will in all likelihood be the world’s fastest graphics card for gamers, complete with high-resolution photos on the circuit board. Asus ROG Mars II is only produced in 1,000 copies and the first deliveries will arrive in mid-August.